Subcommittee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as Federal Aviation Administration Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt, and Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel appear before a Senate Transportation subcommittee hearing on commercial airline safety, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Washington. Two recent Boeing 737 MAX crashes, in Ethiopia and Indonesia, which killed nearly 350 people, have lead to the temporary grounding of models of the aircraft and to increased scrutiny of the FAA's delegation of a number of aspects of the certification process to the aircraft manufacturers themselves. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Ted Cruz Thinks El Chapo Should Fund The Border Wall

By Samad Robinson

February 13, 2019

Texas Senator Ted Cruz may have suggested one of the most creative ways to fund President Trump’s border wall. He has even drafted an El Chapo Act that he wants Capitol Hill to take a serious look at.

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Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was found guilty of criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking and more. The United States prosecutors are seeking to obtain $14 billion from El Chapo. Cruz believes some of the money seized from El Chapo should go towards building the border wall.

I have to say using El Chapo’s drug profits to fund the wall is not such a bad idea. My question would be if they are able to collect any amount of money from El Chapo, where was the money intended to go?

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Remember when President Trump stated that Mexico would be the pay for the border wall?

Click the link below to read the El Chapo act in full

El Chapo Act